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doctorambient<p>Worth reading! (Short.)</p><p>Three things:</p><p>1. I have to admit that "Incel Clown Posse" as a name for DOGE was new to me. 🤣<br>2. How is it that Louis DeJoy is the only one in any part of government to slow-walk a DOGE invasion? Fucking DeJoy!?<br>3. Kiss the postal service goodbye.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dejoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dejoy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/louisdejoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>louisdejoy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/incelClownPosse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incelClownPosse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wonkodon.com/@wonkette_bot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wonkette_bot</span></a></span> <a href="https://wonkodon.com/@wonkette_bot/114224097226763734" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkodon.com/@wonkette_bot/114</span><span class="invisible">224097226763734</span></a></p>
maeve harris<p>US Postmaster General <a href="https://girlcock.club/tags/Dejoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dejoy</span></a> quits with immediate effect. Something is behind the curtain, but your guess is as good as mine. <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/dejoy-stepping-down-usps" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/24/dejoy-ste</span><span class="invisible">pping-down-usps</span></a></p>
Laffy<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Toodles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toodles</span></a>! 👋🏼</p><p>“Exclusive: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> has resigned from his role as Postmaster General of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a>, according to a source familiar with the matter. On Monday, he told the USPS Board of Governors that it would be his last day on the job. He named Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino to take over until the Board names a permanent replacement”</p><p> <a href="https://time.com/7271271/louis-dejoy-resigns-postmaster-general/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/7271271/louis-dejoy-r</span><span class="invisible">esigns-postmaster-general/</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://talkedabout.social/@AlliFlowers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AlliFlowers</span></a></span> Actually, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> should have instructed <a href="https://toot.community/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> to mail <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> to <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RU</span></a>.</p>
WYM Mod<p>Is the USPS on the brink of privatization? Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's partnership with Elon Musk's DOGE aims to cut 10,000 jobs to save billions, but critics fear this could degrade public service. The initiative, linked to the General Services Administration, highlights deep financial issues but raises alarm over the future of the Postal Service. Explore more about this contentious topic in the full article. Read more [here](<a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/postmaster-dejoy-help-doge-wreck-us-postal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crooksandliars.com/2025/03/pos</span><span class="invisible">tmaster-dejoy-help-doge-wreck-us-postal</span></a>). <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/PostalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostalService</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>U.S. Postmaster General Louis <a href="https://c.im/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a>’s Thursday announcement that the independent United States <a href="https://c.im/tags/Postal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Postal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Service</span></a> is partnering with the Department of Government Efficiency on a cost-cutting crusade that includes a <br>🔥planned reduction of 10,000 workers stoked fears that one of America’s most trusted and relied-upon federal agencies is on a path toward <a href="https://c.im/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>.<br>In a letter to congressional leaders, DeJoy said <a href="https://c.im/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> will help the USPS “in identifying and achieving further efficiencies.” <br>The postal chief listed “mismanagement” of the agency’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/assets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assets</span></a> and workers’ compensation program, <br>“unfunded mandates imposed on us by legislation,” and “burdensome regulatory requirements restricting 'normal' business practice” as issues to be addressed.<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/dejoy-doge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/dejoy-do</span><span class="invisible">ge</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>USPS postmaster general Louis DeJoy resigns</p><p>Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a former prominent Trump fundraiser who was appointed during the president’s first term, announced Tuesday he would be stepping down. <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fox8.com/news/postmaster-general-to-step-down/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fox8.com/news/postmaster-gener</span><span class="invisible">al-to-step-down/</span></a></p><p>Press Release <a href="https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2025/0218-usps-announces-tenure-plan-of-pmg-louis-dejoy.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.usps.com/newsroom/nation</span><span class="invisible">al-releases/2025/0218-usps-announces-tenure-plan-of-pmg-louis-dejoy.htm</span></a></p><p>:pdf: letter <a href="https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2025/2025-02-17-pmg-to-bog.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.usps.com/newsroom/nation</span><span class="invisible">al-releases/2025/2025-02-17-pmg-to-bog.pdf</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>That’s the good news!</p><p>The bad news: His replacement </p><p>Via WaPo ‘s Jacob Bogage:</p><p>News: U.S. Postmaster General Louis <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> plans to retire, he tells the USPS governing board.</p>
Elaine J<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> Man, it's going to be tough to boycott <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> with Postmaster <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> screwing the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> into the ground. We must NOT cross that <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/picketline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>picketline</span></a> people <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AmazonLaborUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonLaborUnion</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnionStrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnionStrong</span></a> 💪👊</p>
Servelan<p>Of course it is: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a></p><p>Postal Service's Plan To Electrify Mail Trucks Falling Far Short of Its Goal - Slashdot</p><p><a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/13/2144254/postal-services-plan-to-electrify-mail-trucks-falling-far-short-of-its-goal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/</span><span class="invisible">13/2144254/postal-services-plan-to-electrify-mail-trucks-falling-far-short-of-its-goal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>
JustKathy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@_L1vY_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>_L1vY_</span></a></span> </p><p>I remember something something "board" but when the chairman of the board interferes in an election, then something something DOJ ought to be able to something something investigate and the president something something remove him, especially with the new powers the something !@#$%^&amp;%$#! <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> gave presidents. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a></p>
Ultra Verified 🇺🇦<p>If you haven't figured it out by now, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> will buy out <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> in a fire sale. Strip the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> out. Rescind all the retirement plans. </p><p>This is why <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WAPO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WAPO</span></a> pushed Russian propaganda as news, and refused to endorse Harris.</p><p>This has been planned for years, and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> is the executioner.</p>
sounds interesting<p>Oh yeah, guess since <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> refused to do it 👇 (though… ⏰ 👀) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> will never be fired now. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a></p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>Postmaster General <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> has screwed the USPS so badly that we received our Sept. water bill one full month late. </p><p>Now the RNC et al have gotten the 5th Circuit to invalidate the Mississippi rule allowing ballots postmarked by election day be received late. This is voter suppression when they have to drive any distance to drop the ballot and there’s no other accessible early voting options. </p><p>Federal elections should have the same rules in every state. </p><p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/25/mississippi-mail-in-ballots-federal-ruling/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mississippitoday.org/2024/10/2</span><span class="invisible">5/mississippi-mail-in-ballots-federal-ruling/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>Postmaster General <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> has screwed the post office to the point where we received our Sept. water bill one full month late. </p><p>Now the RNC et al have gotten the 5th Circuit to rule mailed ballots must be received by election day, not just postmarked by then. This is voter suppression when you have to drive a significant distance to a drop place and there’s no other early voting. Federal election </p><p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/25/mississippi-mail-in-ballots-federal-ruling/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mississippitoday.org/2024/10/2</span><span class="invisible">5/mississippi-mail-in-ballots-federal-ruling/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Absinthe<p>Remember. <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/DEJOY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEJOY</span></a> still runs the <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> because their board of governors HAS NOT REMOVED HIM.</p><p>dejoy fouled up/delayed mail delivery LAST ELECTION, to benefit <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a>.</p><p>He Will Do It This Election, Too.</p><p>Vote early.<br>Either in person or absentee.</p><p>Or make plans NOW to MAKE TIME to <a href="https://mammut.sch.moe/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> on election day!</p><p>Don't let dejoy get away with erasing your vote!</p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>John Cole!<br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/VoteByMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteByMail</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Delay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delay</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a></p>
sounds interesting<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span> </p><p>I’d love to believe <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> are not STILL so mind-blowingly self-destructive, but apparently keeping <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> empowered is intentional: </p><p>“<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> appointees have held a majority on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> board since 2022, when three of his appointees were confirmed by Peters' committee. However, his appointees have been slow to fire DeJoy given his close partnership with the Biden administration on clean energy policy.” </p><p><a href="https://www.alternet.org/biden-replace-dejoy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/biden-replace-dej</span><span class="invisible">oy/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a>, a fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> donor who assumed his role in Jan 2020, has faced criticism &amp; calls to step down from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> — including this week from Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JonOssoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JonOssoff</span></a> (D-GA), who said operational delays in the state “reflected the incompetent leadership &amp; the incompetent management of the postmaster general himself.”<br>
But Trump also recently alleged in a social media post that it was “not possible” to trust the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> to process <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> mail.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“We recognize that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> officials are under an extreme amount of pressure &amp; will remain so for at least the next 2 months,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a> said. “Let me be clear: The Postal Service is ready to deliver the nation’s mail-in ballots. … Our track record is strong. We have been transporting &amp; delivering ballots since 1864.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbsenteeBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbsenteeBallots</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a></p>